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The Multiple, Distinct Ways that Personality Contributes to Alcohol Use Disorders
Article first published online: 2 SEP 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00296.x
© 2010 The Authors. Social and Personality Psychology Compass © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Littlefield, A. K. and Sher, K. J. (2010), The Multiple, Distinct Ways that Personality Contributes to Alcohol Use Disorders. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 4: 767–782. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2010.00296.x
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Abstract
There is little question of whether personality is associated with problematic alcohol involvement (such as alcohol use disorders; AUDs); it clearly is. However, the question remains: how or why is personality related to risky drinking and AUDs? To address this question, theoretical models have been posited regarding the causal effects of personality on alcohol use and related problems. In this article, several of these models are summarized and reviewed. Future research directions are discussed, including possible frameworks that serve to integrate various models of the personality–AUD relation.